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Laud

(Verb)

Meaning:Praise with hymns; exalt; extol
Imagine This:When the church’s choir praises the Lord by singing hymns; their voices were so loud that the people passing by in cars could hear them. In some cases, they may sing louder to attract the people passing by to go to the church.
When the church’s choir singing songs to praise the Lord, they sing it so loud that the neighborhood can hear them.
Other Forms:Laudatory (adj.); Laudable (adj.); Laudably (adv.)

Legacy

(Noun)

Meaning:Money etc. handed down by ancestors or through a will
Looks Like:Leg_ace (A’s - the best)
Imagine This:The runner who aces the race claims that he has inherited his ancestor’s genes of strong leg muscles.

Lethargic

(Adjective)

Meaning:Exhausted; sleepy; slow
Looks Like:Lethal_tragic
Imagine This::Thirty minutes after being bitten by a rattlesnake on a bike trail, the rider became sleepy and became unconscious because the poison had already proved to be lethal to his body.It was tragic!
Other Forms:Lethargy (noun); Lethargically (adv.)

Levity

(Noun)

Meaning:Weightless; lack of seriousness
Looks Like:Levitate; Levi’s
Imagine This:When Michael Jordan jumps and dunks the ball into the hoop, it seems like he is weightless and hangs in the air for a few seconds.
Students who wear Levi jeans to attend graduation ceremony are lack of seriousness for the occasion.

Limber

(Adjective)

Meaning:Flexible, agile, nimble
Sounds Like:Timber = wood, Limbo
Imagine This:A house is built with timber is usually more earthquake proof compared to concrete buildings because timber is flexible which concrete is not.
Remember This:To do the ‘limbo’ (dance under a pole), your body must be flexible in order to go under without touching the pole